New York State Senator

Brian Kavanagh Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02451

Introduced
1/17/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Relates to establishing a maximum rent of one-third of household income for the senior citizens rent increase exemption and disability rent increase exemption.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02627

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Engrossed
2/4/25  
Establishes the homeowner protection program; provides that the department of law shall establish the homeowner protection program to ensure the availability of free housing counseling and legal services to homeowners for the purposes of mitigating threats to homeownership; provides that the department of law shall provide grants to eligible not-for-profit housing counseling organizations and legal services organizations to provide services under the program.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03190

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Engrossed
2/4/25  
Expands eligibility for the low interest rate program of the state of New York mortgage agency to certain graduates of post secondary programs or comparable apprenticeship and workforce training programs for the purchase of certain property.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03206

Introduced
1/24/25  
Prevents individuals from being denied standing in private actions alleging violations of the environmental quality review provisions of the environmental conservation law solely on the basis that the injury alleged by such individual does not differ in kind or degree from the injury that would be suffered by the public at large.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03207

Introduced
1/24/25  
Establishes maximum contaminant levels in drinking water for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); sets such levels at no higher than 4 parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and no higher than 10 parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), and hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA).

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02536

Introduced
1/21/25  
Ensures that construction and fabrication done off of a public work site for specific use only in a public work project be compensated at the prevailing wage rate.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02542

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Relates to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the definition of harassment.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02637

Introduced
1/22/25  
Provides grants to address food insecurity among students at public institutions for higher education.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S02689

Introduced
1/22/25  
Requires public schools to offer plant-based food options in food service.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03106

Introduced
1/23/25  
Allows for the donation of personal property of the state to certain not-for-profit organizations that are up to date on annual filings.